Brochure | 2024
IUCN Africa Conservation Forum 2024
African Solutions for Nature and People: Creating transformative responses to the biodiversity and climate crisis in Africa.
Page | 04 Feb, 2022
Since 1972, IUCN is the official advisor on nature under the World Heritage Convention. The Convention is known as "the most widely accepted international conservation treaty in human history”, ratified today by 195 States Parties. Natural World Heritage sites conserve the planet’s most…
News | 24 Jan, 2022
Reset Earth: Toolkits for engaging learner experiences
The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) extends the UNEP Ozone Secretariat's invitation to explore Reset Earth, a set of free toolkits to support teachers looking for creating engaging learner experiences with new…
Press release | 08 Dec, 2021
Dragonflies threatened as wetlands around the world disappear - IUCN Red List
Gland, Switzerland, 9 December 2021 (IUCN) – The destruction of wetlands is driving the decline of dragonflies worldwide, according to the first global assessment of these species in today’s update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Their decline is symptomatic of the…
Story | 29 Nov, 2021
How to ignite ecosystem restoration in your community
Grassroots action for the restoration of your local ecosystem is a means to engage yourself and the community around you to become part of the change that you are trying to achieve, according to the IUCN Community-Organizing Toolkit on Ecosystem Restoration.
News | 25 Nov, 2021
Global Lessons on Greening School Grounds and Outdoor Learning
The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) extends the #NatureForAll invitation to be part of the Global Lessons on School Ground Greening and Outdoor Learning project, which aims to identify and disseminate successful approaches to school ground greening from around the world to…
Story | 10 Nov, 2021
Global launch of the Great Blue Wall
Movement launched to conserve and restore marine and coastal biodiversity while unlocking the development of a regenerative sustainable blue economy
At the UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, Western Indian Ocean states and partners including International Union for Conservation of…
Story | 27 Oct, 2021
Gland, Switzerland, 22 October, IUCN – This new report is an important step to close the plastic pollution knowledge gaps in three regions: Eastern and Southern Africa, the Mediterranean, and Southeast Asia – showcasing inter- and intra-regional similarities and…
Story | 19 Oct, 2021
Marine Heatwaves: a serious threat to marine biodiversity and livelihoods
Back in 2011, extremely warm water temperatures persisting over thousands of kilometres along the coastline of Western Australia caused coral bleaching, mass die-out of marine life and wiped out kelp forests. Since then, this phenomenon of abnormally high-water temperatures has been recorded in…
Story | 01 Jul, 2021
A new paper, published today in Science, argues for an international legally binding agreement that addresses the entire life cycle of plastics, from extraction of raw materials to legacy plastic pollution. Three clear goals are proposed and encouraged, to address not only the well-known issue…